South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-07-15

there comes day when she mu,t band
a. girls must often bend, over tho old
wornout body of mother, lying unhced-
fui in her coffin, rough hands folded
her long disquet merged in rcst. some.
thing very sweet will be mingled with
her loss, and tho girl who helped mother
will find bcnediction Of peace upon
her head and in her heart
The girl who worked God blcss her,
lis another girl whom know. She j,
bravo and active. She is not too
proud to earn her own living, or ashamed
to be caught at her daily task. She i,
siuiious and painstaking and patient
She smiles at you from behind counter
or desk. There is a memory of her
sewn into each silkcn gown. She is
like beautiful young mountaiuecr
already far up the hill. and tho sight Of
her should be fine inspiration for us all.
II Is "a honor to know thi, Cirl-to be
worthy of her regard. Her hand NAV
be stained with factory grease or
printers ink, but il is an honest hand
; and helping hand. It stays misfortune
from many homes; it IS the ono shield
that protects many forlorn little family
from the almshouse and ASYLUM. -
tCathariuc Cole.
Fashion Notes.
Pearl jewelry is becoming very fash.
ionablc. t~
Strings are not worn with summer
bonncts Fa4t &afks
White enamel jcwelry is growing into
great favor.
Beaded passcmcnteries are worn on
dressy frocks. ER
Bonnet strings are very short, when
my are worn. sssa
Velvet is used for trimming white
wooden dresses.
The tight coat sleeve will soon be a
thing OF the past.
The sleeve with a puff from the elbow
to the shoulder grows in favor.
1t is not considered good taste to wear
much jcwelry in very warm weather.
Leghorn flats promise to be rs popu.
lar for women as they now arc for child :
rep.
Since the hair has been dressed in
plain bandcaux, combs have comefinto
fashion again. 81
While nuns Yelling is combined with
plain white net for dresses to be worn
by ladies in light mourning.
White silk French lace in large rose
patterns, made over a white MORE skirt,
is fashionable combina alton.
A stylish bracelet consists of half a
dozen or more narrow silver circlcts
loosely held together and worn over the
glove.
The new fancy is to trim wedding
dresses with gold or silver net. lace
or beads, arranged amid il dunes of
white lace.
Satecns arc not so much in demand
this season as they were last year, their
place being taken by zephyrs, batistes,
and percaes.
Gypsy bonncts with short round cars
and the top of the brim rolled back to.
ward the crown are worn by fashionable
young women.
Point d'esprit net finely dotted is used
in all colors for large pokcs called garden
hats, and worn all summer by young
ladies in the country.
For fastening TO collars of plain cloth
costumts the pips of cards magnified,
hearts, spades and diamonds, made of
frosted gold, arc used.
y low is favoritc color for brides
maids dresses, and appears in watered
silk skirts and waists and sashes, with
white lace or Russian net dresses.
The latest fancy in throat and wrist
dressingi is the band of fine thread batiste,
with open work hem, bastcd within the
high color and deep cuffs OF the dress.
Ribbon remains the preferred hat and
bonnet trimming, and il is interesting to
study the bows, loops, torsades, and
Hots into which it is twisted for hat and
bonnet decorations and dress ornamcn-
tatiou.
Erglish women consider full kilt or
box pleatcd skirt of silk or bengaline to
wear with any polonaise or rcdingotc
almost necessary article nowadays. as
polonases and long rcdngoles are much
worn in England.